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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jyjohnson09@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JF JF <vvyyjj84@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jyjohnson09@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:56:14 +0100
Subject: HELLO DEAR!



>From Mr.Johnson Y.Fish Greetings,I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business opportunity.However,This correspondence is unofficial and private,and it should be treated as such.I am Mr.Johnson Y.Fish a United Kingdom Government Auditor and I work in the International operation department in a Bank here in UK. My purpose of contacting you is that I am looking for a Reliable partner to place as the next of kin to a dormant account that have not been operated for many years in my bank with a total sum of £22,000.000.00 (Twenty tow million Pounds Sterling. and on further discreet investigation I also discovered that the account holder has long since passed away (dead)leaving no beneficiary or WILL to the account. He died without a [WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.If i left the fund in the bank Government will claim it to treasury and nobody will benefit out of it. I have been his account officer until his death and nobody will ever come or ask about the fund. My bank does not know the status of the account owner and the account opening information does not indicate any next of kin.I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account as a beneficiary.I want to assure you that the transaction is without risk if due process is followed accordingly. I am contacting you to place you as the next of kin to the deceased and I will provide to you the necessary claim documents the bank will require from you in other to claim this fund including the details information of the account in my next mail.I will start the first transfer with Five million Pounds £5,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account.I will inform you on what to do if you are going to assure me that you will not betray me and my family with this funds in your possession so as to enable me to start the paper works immediately without further delay.I have a family of four,My wife claudia and hailey, brooke. Please keep this business within your self for security and safe reasons.Thanks as I'm in anticipation of your favourable response at : jyjohnson09@excite.com Have a pleasant day.Sincerely Mr.Johnson Y.Fish
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